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Week 8

Weekly
Grade
Rookie
3-5 91.46
99.05
 
VS
proj
Sesquepedantic Squad
90.74 5-3
91.93

Despite top scorer Mahomes, Sesquepedantic Squad fall to Rookie in 91.46-90.74 battle

Sesquepedantic Squad had the No. 1 scorer in the matchup with QB Patrick Mahomes racking up 36.64 points, the second-highest total in the league this week, but it wasn't enough to defeat Rookie, who staged an impressive comeback for a 91.46-90.74 victory. After trailing 90.74-72.40 heading into Monday night, Rookie came storming back behind Tom Brady (19.06 points). Patrick Mahomes (416 Pass Yds, 5 Pass TDs) and Zack Moss (81 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs) were the leading performers for Sesquepedantic Squad in the loss. Rookie (3-5) will look to keep it rolling against Quaran-TEAM, while Sesquepedantic Squad (5-3) take on Second half scrubs in an effort to get back on track.

Matchup Timeline

  Rookie   Sesquepedantic Squad

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

Projected to score 7.9 points, Dallas more-than-doubled that amount by scoring 17.8 points as the Seahawks beat the 49ers 37-27. He racked up 58 yards from scrimmage and scored 2 touchdowns to beat his projection by the highest percentage of any player on Rookie this week. Next week, Dallas will play the Bills.
DeeJay Dallas

Top Player Comparison

Rookie
Points
% of total points 91.46
1
Tom Brady
QB
19.06
19.87
20.8%
2
DeeJay Dallas
RB
17.8
7.9
19.5%
3
Julio Jones
WR
13.7
11.78
15%
4
Younghoe Koo
K
13
8
14.2%
Sesquepedantic Squad
Points
% of total points 90.74
1
Patrick Mahomes
QB
36.64
25.8
40.4%
2
Zack Moss
RB
20.1
6.01
22.2%
3
Travis Kelce
TE
16.9
10.7
18.6%
4
The Los Angeles Rams defense
DEF
5
6.84
5.5%

Matchup Highlights

Sunday Early
Patrick Mahomes had a 41-yard touchdown pass and a 36-yard touchdown pass for Sesquepedantic Squad to contribute to an 87.44-54.60 lead for the team.

Points By Position

  Rookie   Sesquepedantic Squad

Game Notes

Only three of the nine starting players on Rookie scored more than their point projections.
Sesquepedantic Squad had only three of their nine starters score higher than their projected points.
Rookie won despite starting Kenny Golladay, who scored zero points.
The two highest scorers for Sesquepedantic Squad (Patrick Mahomes and Zack Moss) scored more points than Tom Brady, the leading scorer for Rookie.
Both teams failed to reach their season scoring average.
Each team failed to reach its projected point total.
The matchup's 0.72-point margin was the second-closest in the league this week.
The defeat snaps a streak of three consecutive wins for Sesquepedantic Squad.
Vegas wouldn't be too happy with Rookie. They got the W, but did not cover the 7.12-point projected margin of victory.
Rookie moves to (1-1) in close games this season, while Sesquepedantic Squad falls to (0-1).
A bright spot in the defeat, Patrick Mahomes (36.64 points) posted the highest score for a quarterback this week.

Coach Talk

Rookie
You know Rookie, the good news is that we won this matchup by 0.72 points. Even better news is that we know we're stronger than this, as our scoring average through Week 7 stood at 101.73. So while we're happy to have gotten this victory, let's "regress" back up to where we know we can be!
Sesquepedantic Squad
Missing a field goal usually isn't cause for concern. But come on now, talk about impeccable timing: Matt Prater went 0-for-1 on FGs instead of 1-for-1, and Sesquepedantic Squad lost the matchup by 0.72 points. We'll let you do the math on that one.